Maureen Judge is a Canadian Screen Awards (CSA) winning filmmaker and television producer. Much of her work is documentary and explores themes of love, betrayal and acceptance in the context of the modern family, with the most recent films focusing on the dreams and challenges of contemporary youth.

Biography

Judge was born in

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, Quebec and is one of eight children. As a child, she lived in Montreal, Quebec; Kingston, Ontario; and

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, Illinois, before moving to

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, Ontario in 1967. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from The

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in science and philosophy. In 1982 she earned a Master of Arts degree in cinema studies from

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. Judge lives in Toronto with her husband and has two grown children. Judge has directed and produced a number of documentary films, television series and a few dramatic shorts. Among her best known films are My Millennial Life, winner of the

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’s CSA Award for Best Documentary Program (2017) and Unveiled: The Mother Daughter Relationship, winner of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television's Genie Award for Best Short Documentary (1997). She began television series producing in 2002 when she created and produced the 13-episode series, Family Secrets and the Canadian poetry series Heart of a Poet in 2006. In 2008 Judge produced the documentary film '' FLicKeR'' winner of the Hot Docs Special Jury Prize for a Canadian Feature Length Documentary and Best Film on International Art at the 2009 Era New Horizons Film Festival in Poland, FLicKeR was also nominated for a 2009 Gemini Award. Her following film ''Mom's Home'' (2010) was nominated for the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social-Political Documentary at the Gemini Awards. Her films include award-winning documentaries: And We Knew How To Dance: Women and World War I, produced by the

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, In My Parents' Basement and Living Dolls (2015). Judge was a founding member of CineAction Magazine in 1986, contributing an article on the film '' Death Watch'' to its first issue, and has taught film studies and production at

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, Humber College and Sheridan College in Toronto.

Filmography

Selected films: *''Family Business'' (dramatic short), writer/director, 1984 *''A Venerable Occasion'' (dramatic short), writer/director, 1986 *''Altered Ego'' (comedy/drama featurette), writer, director, 1991 *''And We Knew How to Dance: Women and WWI'' (documentary) researcher/director, 1994 *'' Unveiled: The Mother/Daughter Relationship'' (documentary) producer/director, 1997 *''In My Parents' Basement'' (documentary), producer/director, 2002 *'' FLicKeR'' (documentary), executive producer/producer, 2008 *''Mom's Home: The August Years of May and Gloria'' (documentary), producer/writer/director, 2010 *''Living Dolls: The Subculture of Doll Collecting'' (documentary), producer/writer/director, 2013 *''My Millennial Life'' (cross platform documentary), producer/writer/director, 2016 *''17 And Life Doesn’t Wait'' (documentary), producer/writer/director, 2019 Selected television: *'' Family Secrets'' (documentary series) creator/writer/producer, 2003 **"Blowing Out the Candles" (''Family Secrets'' episode), producer/director, 2003 **"Best Laid Plans" (''Family Secrets'' episode), producer, 2003 **"Introducing Debbie" (''Family Secrets'' episode), producer/director, 2003 **"Loss and Found" (''Family Secrets'' episode), producer, 2003 **"Love Behind Bars" (''Family Secrets'' episode), producer, 2003 **"Second Helping" (''Family Secrets'' episode), producer, 2003 **"Birth Mothers Never Forget" (''Family Secrets'' episode), producer/director, 2004 **"Erase the Day" (''Family Secrets'' episode), producer, 2004 **"Looking for 7s" (''Family Secrets'' episode), producer, 2004 **"From Mild to Completely Severe" (''Family Secrets'' episode), producer, 2004 **"Beyond Baby Blues" (''Family Secrets'' episode), producer, 2004 **"Almost Normal" (''Family Secrets'' episode), producer, 2004 **"When Nobody's Looking" (''Family Secrets'' episode), producer/director, 2004

Heart of a Poet

Heart of a Poet is a Canadian

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series that premiered in April 2006, created by Maureen Judge and Tina Hahn and executive produced by Maureen Judge. The production is broadcast on Bravo!. The series aired for two seasons, running from April 13, 2006 through November 29, 2007. Each episode of the series profiled the life, literature, and performances of a different working Canadian poet. The poets are introduced through samples of their writing, interviews, recitals, and the observational footage of the experiences that make up their daily lives and influence their poetry. Some of the poets featured in the series include George Elliott Clarke, bill bissett, Christian Bök, Marty Gervais, Lillian Allen, Shane Koyczan,

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, and Daphne Marlatt.

Awards

*'' Unveiled: The Mother/Daughter Relationship'' ** Genie Award, Best Short Documentary, Academy of Canadian Film & Television (1998) **Gold Award: Social/Political Documentary, Chicago International Film Festival Intercom (1997) *''Family Secrets'' **Honorable Mention: Documentary Film, Family Secrets: When Nobody's Looking, Columbus International Film & Video Festival (2003) *'' FLicKeR'' **Special Jury Prize: Canadian Feature Documentary, Hot Docs (2008) **Best Film on International Art: Era New Horizons Film Festival (2009) **Nominated: Best Performing Arts Program or Series or Arts Documentary Program or Series, Gemini Award (2009) *''Mom's Home'' **Nominated: Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program Gemini Award (2011) **Nominated: Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series Gemini Award (2011) *''Living Dolls'' **Gold Medal, Documentary Directing, New York Festivals **Best POV Documentary Award,

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**Nomination: Best Documentary,

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**Shaw-Hot Docs Completion Award *''My Millennial Life'' **Winner:

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, Best Documentary Program **Winner: New York Festivals, Documentary, Gold Medal **Nominated:

, Best Cross Platform Project (non-fiction) *''17 And Life Doesn’t Wait'' **Nominated:

Best Picture Editing
(documentary)

References

External links

Makin' Movies website
* National Film Board of Canada:
And We Knew How to Dance
br /> National Film Board of Canada:
Unveiled: The Mother Daughter Relationship
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POV Magazine: 17 and Life Doesn't Wait article
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